“La Sirène”

Title“La Sirène”
Year for Search2024
AuthorsEngelsen, Karen
Secondary TitleGrist/Imagine 2000 2024
Date PublishedJanuary 22, 2024
KeywordsFemale author, Neurodivergent author, Norwegian American author
Annotation

The story takes place in a climate change future where New Orleans has disappeared under the water and, due to the chemicals that had polluted the area, many children are born with no legs but with what appears to be a single fin.

URLhttps://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-la-sirene/
Illustration

Illus. Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayo

Author Note

Neurodivergent Norwegian-American female author

Full Text

2024 Engelsen, Karen. “La Sirène.” Illus. Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayo. Grist/Imagine 2000 2024 (January 22, 2024). https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-la-sirene/

The story takes place in a climate change future where New Orleans has disappeared under the water and, due to the chemicals that had polluted the area, many children are born with no legs but with what appears to be a single fin. Neurodivergent Norwegian-American female author.